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94 STAT. 2304 Effective date. 16 USC 742c
PUBLIC LAW 96-478—OCT. 21, 1980
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on September 1, 1980. Approved October 21, 1980.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORT No. 96-1224 (Comm. on Merchant Marine and Fisheries). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 126 (1980): Aug 18, considered and passed House. Sept. 23, considered and passed Senate, amended. Sept. 30, House concurred in certain Senate amendments and in No. 15 with an amendment. Oct. 1, Senate concurred in House amendment. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 16, No. 43: Oct. 21, Presidential statement.
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